Encounter on Urban Environment

Farewell Oak Street

This documentary presents a before-and-after picture of people in a large-scale public housing project in Toronto. Due t...

Glimpses of New Scotland

Glimpses of Nova Scotia, from Halifax to Digby. The off-screen narration cites history, tradition, the contributions of...

Cape Breton Island

This Traveltalk series entry visits the easternmost area of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. We learn that although...

The Noise of Time

In the town of Xoco, the spirit of an old villager awakens in search of its lost home. Along its journey, the ghost disc...

Linda Joy

A beautiful and vital film that tells the story of a young woman's fight with death.

Mobility

This short documentary examines the complex range of issues affecting urban transport in developing countries. After exa...

Halifax Neighbourhood Center Project

Shows a campaign launched in Halifax in 1967 to probe the core of poverty in that city--low incomes, ill health and inad...

Legault's Place

Legault is an aging man who lived in a rural cabin, now a suburban cabin, as developments have popped up around him.

Chairs for Lovers

Architect Stanley King involves the local Vancouver community in urban design.

Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 1: The City - Heaven and Hell

American historian Lewis Mumford looks at the city through history.

Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos

Radiant City

Since the end of World War II, one of kind of urban residential development has dominate how cities in North America hav...

A Capital Plan

This short documentary features a portrait of Ottawa in the mid-20th century, as the nascent Canadian capital grew with...

Uma Cidade Chamada Tiradentes

The documentary offers an overview of the district of Cidade Tiradentes and its inhabitants. It starts by the acquisiti...

Rivers and Tides

Portrait of Andy Goldsworthy, an artist whose specialty is ephemeral sculptures made from elements of nature.

Shakespeare: The Hidden Truth

Was the legendary playwright William Shakespeare really the author of his acclaimed plays? Or was he just a straw man wo...

Citizen Jane: Battle for the City

Writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fights to save historic New York City during the ruthless redevelopment era of urb...

Little Burgundy

"This film is one of the first French Unit productions of the “Société Nouvelle/Challenge for Change” program. When an o...

Sable Island

This short documentary profiles the uniquely cloistered wildlife of Sable Island, known as the “Atlantic graveyard” due...

The Coldspring Project

The human side of town planning, as exemplified in Baltimore, Maryland. The Coldspring Project concerned a proposed hous...